What does the Bible say about indifference to sin?
Of us, the corrupt, in Romans 1: "those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them" (Verse 31).
Only, this sounds like it's more than indifference: It's another reminder that our hearts are an active attack factory on the glory of God. We have "exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man" (Verse 23), known God but "did not honor him as God or give thanks to him" (Verse 21), have been "filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice" (Verse 29), and are more than guilty of being "gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless" (Verses 29-31).
So what is this to say? (1) God is passionate about His glory and will not see it stolen. (2) It takes a big God and infinitely-great mercy for a God so offended to forgive such wicked sinners. And He has. Can you say, "how great is our God?" Can you shout, "Amazing Grace?" Amen!
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